Zoomorphic mask "nwenka" · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3043846
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, GermanySize
H: 98 cm
H: 38.6 inch
Description
wood, rep.
The “nwenka” mask is one of the oldest and most sacred wooden masks that perform at Bobo masquerades. Tradition claims it dated from the time of creation when “wuro”, the Creator God, molded the world from moist clay and made creatures to inhabit it. The “nwenka” masked dance imitates “wuro’s” creating the world.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 329